Thesaurus results for EVACUEE

evacuee

noun

i-ˌva-kyə-ˈwē

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as in refugee

a person forced to emigrate for political reasons the report said the evacuees would be placed in temporary shelters

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Recent Examples of evacuee About 16,000 of roughly 50,000 evacuees are still waiting for the all clear. —

Kayla Bartkowski, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026 Cooler overnight conditions slowed the spread, fire commanders with the Ventura County Fire Department said, allowing some evacuees to return, although 1 house had burned. —

Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 19 May 2026 It’s been a hunting pad, a retreat for pregnant evacuees and a police training centre by turns, but the acquisition by hospitality giant Ennismore heralded a glamorous new dawn. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026 All five evacuees on that flight will enter isolation protocols upon landing, according to the French prime minister. —

Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 10 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for evacuee

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refugee

Noun

The most recent deaths were recorded after a series of Israeli drone strikes in the past few days on towns and refugee camps in central Gaza and Gaza City.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
More than a year after Trump made this controversial change, one Afrikaner refugee applicant reached out to our NBC News tip line.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 15 June 2026